Thousands of grocery workers across Southern California have voted to authorize their union to call a strike amid continued contract negotiations with the owners of stores including Ralphs and Vons/Pavilions/Albertsons, union officials announced.
"Over the past week, you and your fellow Ralphs, Albertsons/Vons/Pavilions members have made your voice heard by overwhelmingly voting to authorize your bargaining committee, made up of your union and fellow co-workers, to call for a strike if needed," United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 770 officials posted on the union's website late Saturday.
"Bargaining committees composed of front-line grocery workers and union leaders came prepared with proposals that would fairly increase wages and improve store conditions to reflect the needs of workers in a pandemic and post- pandemic world," the union said in a statement earlier this month. "The corporations representing the stores offered pennies, a proposal that would ultimately be a pay cut due to inflation.
"We will continue to do everything we can to balance investments in wages and overall well-being of associates while keeping food affordable for our customers," Robert Branton, vice president of operations at Ralphs, said in the statement. "Our current offer adds to our associates' paychecks, while providing them with premium healthcare coverage and a company funded pension -- which many of our competitors do not offer.
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